Zinedine Zidane has admitted he is "f*****" by selection issues ahead of the Champions League final.

Zidane's Real Madrid side face Liverpool in the European showpiece event at the Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev next Saturday.

But the Frenchman is panicking about his squad - because he has 24 fit players, all ready and desperate to play.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Dani Carvajal both returned to full training this week after respective ankle and hamstring issues in recent weeks, leaving Zidane with a difficult decision at who to leave out.

“I have 24 players available and I'm f*****,” Zidane said. “Sorry, but I can't find a better word, because there are players that will stay in Madrid and not come with us for the last two games. That's the hardest part for me.”

Zinedine Zidane has some big selection worries (Image: AFP)

Zidane was all smiles at his press conference (Image: 2018 Real Madrid)

Real have won the Champions League in the last two seasons, beating Atletico Madrid on penalties in 2016 before thrashing Juventus 4-1 last year, and are on course to become the first club since Bayern Munich in 1976 to win an incredible three in a row.

And Zidane insists that winning a trio of winners' medals would be "huge".

Ronaldo returned to full training this week (Image: Real Madrid via Getty Images)

Carvajal has been struggling with a hamstring injury recently (Image: REX/Shutterstock)

“It's huge,” Zidane added. “It means a lot, above all that the work we're doing here is good and we've got through to the players as we wanted.

“The players are very hungry to go on winning and they've shown that."